Artificial fuel



Patented Apr. 13,1926.

MOE J. WEISBUBD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

An'rmiom FUEL.

1W0 Drawing. Application filed June 23,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. Mon J. WEISBURD, a citizen of Russia, residing in the city of New York, borough of Bronx, in the county of 5 Bronxand State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Artificial Fuels, of which the following is .1 specification.

The invention relates to combustible com- 1 pounds used as substitutes for coal, and the object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive easily manufactured compound of this character adapted to be used in ordinary types of stoves and furnaces in conjunction with coal.

The invention consists in compounding certain waste materials in certain proportions, by which the above objects are attained, to be hereinafter described and claimed. I i

The materials employed are coal ashes and the waste'lubricating'oils drained from motor vehicles. In carrying out the invention with the best results, as indicated by my experiments, I take. two-thirds of a barrel of" finely' sifted coal ashes contained in a suitable receptacle, and Y add one gallon of spent motor-oil poured thereon and thoroughly mixed therewith. This composition is allowed to stand about forty-eight hours and is well stirred several times during that period.

The result is a viscous mass havingthe.

fluidity of warm tar, and is capable of flowing slowly when poured or it may be handled with a shovel or like implement. It may be stored and delivered in boxes, barrels and like containers or in strong cartons.

' In using the manufactured fuel to the v cite coal, thus e 1925. Serial No. 89,149.

best advantage, the fire is started in the 40 stove or furnace in the usual manner and, coal supplied to produce a bed of hot coals about three inches in depth, the compound is then laced u on such bed to a depth of about t ree inc 1es evenly distributed, and this layer again covered with about three inches of coal. The compound burns freely with the coal and the fire is maintained continuously by supplying alternate layers of the compound and coal.

' Any usual type of grate may be employed and bituminous coal may beused and is preferred the heating effect produced by com ustion with the compound being fpractically that of anthraecting a great saving especially in domestic cooking and heating plants, which may be expressed as the dif- .ference in cost between one ton of the compound and one ton of soft coal, and that of three tons of hard coal, and as soft coal is com aratively low in cost and the materials of t e com ound wholly waste products involving on y the labor-cost of collecting, mixing, and delivering to the consumer, the saving is considerable.

Iclaimr I The artificial fuel compound described consisting of finely sifted coal ashes and spent crank case lubricating oil, in the ap-' proximate proportions of substantially two bushels of such ashes to one gallon of the oil, and thoroughly mixed to produce a homogeneous semifluid mass and adapted to be applied upon a previously-lighted fire.

In testimony that I claim the invention above, set forth I affix my signature hereto. 4 MOE J. WEISBURD. 

